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callmejoe

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Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 75

can't delete directory from thunar

i have a partition mounted to /mnt/bitcoin.  i noticed if i right click on a directory in thunar the delete and trash options are grayed out.  i own the directory and the contents so i am not sure why i the options are grayed out.  the options are not grayed out if i move into the directory though.

i dont have the same issue with other mounted partitions.

callmejoe@ArchMan ~ $ ls -l /mnt/bitcoin
total 24
drwxr-xr-x 4 callmejoe callmejoe  4096 May 30 02:01 Bitcoin
drwx------ 2 callmejoe callmejoe 16384 Oct 29  2017 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x 9 root      root       4096 Mar 29 02:01 timeshift

callmejoe@ArchMan ~ $ ls -l /mnt/bitcoin/Bitcoin
total 16508
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe       37 Mar 22 19:36 banlist.dat
drwx------ 3 callmejoe callmejoe   126976 May 30 01:53 blocks
drwx------ 2 callmejoe callmejoe    69632 May 30 02:00 chainstate
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe        0 Oct 29  2017 db.log
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe 10010238 May 30 02:01 debug.log
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe   247985 May 30 02:01 fee_estimates.dat
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe   605511 May 30 02:01 mempool.dat
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe  4289194 May 30 02:01 peers.dat
-rw------- 1 callmejoe callmejoe  1536000 May 30 02:01 wallet.dat

Troglodyte

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Registered: 2020-04-09

Posts: 17

Re: can't delete directory from thunar

Check to see the permissions on /mnt/bitcoin itself.  The user 'callmejoe' needs to have write permissions to that directory to work with files/directories on that level of the tree.

callmejoe

Member

Registered: 2019-11-19

Posts: 75

Re: can't delete directory from thunar

Check to see the permissions on /mnt/bitcoin itself.  The user 'callmejoe' needs to have write permissions to that directory to work with files/directories on that level of the tree.

yes that was it.  /mnt/bitcoin is owned by root.  i always get confused with the hierarchy levels and permissions.  thanks